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Hna. María de Lourdes López Munguía, Misionera Franciscana de María. (Foto: GSR)
Authors / María de Lourdes López Munguía
María de Lourdes López Munguía is a Franciscan Missionary of Mary from Mexico who now lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She is a professional psychologist, trained in accompaniment. She received novitiate formation in Managua, Nicaragua, and ministered in Chile, the United States, Tunisia and Congo. She has shared her life with: people recuperating from…
The enduring lesson of 9/11: We are one human family
… think, What business is it of ours to worry about injustice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Ukraine, or the Central African Republic? Or about attacks against Muslims in …
U.S. Jesuit named next head of Jesuit Refugee Service
… Theology of Santa Clara University in California; will spend four months with JRS in eastern Congo, working with displaced Congolese as well as refugees from Rwanda and other parts of …
Three influential men who shared US blind spots
… U.S.-sponsored interventions and covert actions against foes in, among other places, the Congo, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran and Vietnam. (After his brother died in 1959, Allen was tripped …
Documentary explores historical costs of 'surviving progress'
… Suzuki, Ronald Wright, Margaret Atwood, Jane Goodall and Stephen Hawking. Activists from the Congo, Canada and the United State complete the cast. Viewers will come away with their own …
Consciousness itself is a form of resistance
… work and run social media — are made with “conflict materials” from the Democratic Republic of Congo or tin mined by poor men in Indonesia, I’m being subversive. I’m resisting the urge to …
Easter hope for South Sudan
… The Bright Continent -- they do continue in places such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, as well as flaring up now in South Sudan. Those realities …
Cardinal laments 'fatigue' of Christian Europe, celebrates African example
… booksellers, and St. Andrew Sr. Josée Ngalula, a theologian at the Catholic University of the Congo in Kinshasa. Ending the event on Friday, participants are to hear from Cardinal Francis …
Memories of genocide drive Rwandans in rebuilding their nation
… was with Oxfam International and was based in England. Bain recalled traveling to Zaire, now Congo, in response to the refugee crisis that developed as the violence surged. By the time he …
Bishop builds bridges of all kinds after Congo's long war
… Djomo lives in the small town of Tshumbe in the middle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Situated 500 miles from the capital city of Kinshasa and inaccessible by national roads, … the Christian Gospel was helping to heal the wounds inflicted by the unspeakable violence of Congo's long war, and we wanted to document what we found. We promised the bishop that we would …
Morning Briefing
… villagers in the countryside struggle to forgive the unforgivable. … Disabled Catholics in Congo underserved by untrained clergy, says priest … Book Review: For the Love of Animals -- … …
Millions of refugees with no place to call home
… weak and in poor health. According to UNHCR, armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has caused about 450,000 people to cross into neighboring countries as refugees. And armed …